Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-27
w. G. T. u. NOTES.

XEHHG Gle without paying q well
AVNEVSunited tribute to that no.
NNz#&A<Able band of women, the
GHA rami6cations OF whose or
ganization extends not
only to every State and Territory in
the United States, but to the British
isles, and is being carried to every CIV
ilized country on the globe. 1t is not
necessary for me to say allude to"The
Woman's Christian Temperance Un-
ion." History furnishes no parallel to
the noble army of women engaged in
this work of Temperance Reform. The
amount of good work done i'm saving
the women of our country from habits
of intemperaHce, no pen can write, no
eloquence portray. Such names IS
Miss Willard. Mrs. Buell., Mrs. Wood
bridge, Mrs. Lathrop, mother" Stew
art, Mrs Carse, Mrs. Foster, Mrs.
Baines, Mrs. Hunt, Mrs. Wittemeyer,
Coleman, and hundreds of others,
whose names have become "household
words" in American homes.
/ am told by prominent memS Der of
the w. G.. #. u. that 100 900 women i'm
this country are pledged to do away
with all alcoholic intoxicants, to Danish
wines and stronger beverages from
their homes, and to use their influence
in every way to push along the cue of
reform.
We all remember the great commo-
ton that followed the exclusion of wine
and liquors from the White House by
Mrs. Hayes after she was installed mis-
tress Of the Executive Masion. This
net of Mrs. Hayes was particularly dis
astrous to the rum traffic of Washing
ton. A Washington correspondent of
the Hartford Times, writing at that
time said, "Some days ago had talk
with gentleman who sells liquor In
this city for New York house, and
has done SO for more than twenty years;
he told me that he does not sell a case
of wine now when he used to sell thirty
before the advent of Mrs. Hayes. No
wine at State dinners may have sound
ed easy to other people, but it was al
most sound of death to the WINE traffic.
Many was the time we sold hundreds
of cases to dealers, who we knew in
turn furnished them to the Executive
Mansion. The trade is almost entirely
gone now. Mrs. Hayes having declar.
ed against wine, of course, its use has
become questionable in a manner. and
its consumption has fallen off SO much
that dealers are almost Impoverished
John B. Cough said when he told
5000 people in Exeter Hall, London, of
Mrs. Hayes great moral courage in
refusing wine to her guests at the
White House, the vast audience rose
en- naasse and gave three hearty cheers.
Mrs. Cleveland is doing herself great
honor, and is entitled to credit for the
manner in which she is doing the honor
of the Executive Mansion. Her rigid
d. cliDation of all intoxicants at State
dinners and upon all social occasions,
marks her as lady of pure heart and
determined purpose. AT a recent lunch
to the ladies of Cabinet officers and
other social leaders of the capital, none
but temperance drinks were placed
upon the tables. All honor to the
'First Lady" of the country.
Intelligent people are becoming
awake to the physiological effect of in
toxicating drinks to the human organ
ism, and in many localities the better
class of women have excluded them
from their homes, and there seems to
be q disposition, as women become
more enlightened on the subject, to
make this rule more general, In this
we see the hand Of the w. G. T. u.
This is step in the right direction and
grand results are certain to follow.
Christian mothers and wives, follow
up this practice and not, only discard
the poisonous beverages from your own
homes, but use your influence with
your friends and neighbors to make
the practice general, and thus carry
out the grandest reform among your
own sex ever attempted.-Major G. B.
Cotton in "Socias Drinking Among
Wonaen."
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE MICHIGAN
VIEW?
Detroit Free Press.
IF Mt. Powderly's view on temper
arce were adopted by workingmen
there would not be one saloon in this
country where there are ten now, and
every mechanic in the land could have
his bank book. Drink is the curse and
the drawback of the workman, and
Powderly's man enough to tell 'em of it.
KILLING THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE
GOLDEN EGG.
Ne,c York World.
There is at least one bartender in
the respect due his calling. "Gi.nme
more beer and less froth," said Ed Ward
Corrigan to tom" Hassett, dispenser
of liquors in a saloon on South Morgan
street, Chicago. "If that beer don't
suit you you get none at ALL" answered
Hassett, drawing pistol and shooting
Corrigan dead. Such heroic treatment
for customers grumbling is unusual.
Its only claim to popularity is that it
is thoroughly effective.
ALTOGETHER TRUSTWORTHY.
Louisville (hy.l Times Dena.)
OF course the first thing the Whiskey
Trust monopoly proposes to do is to in
crease the price of its goods and reduce
the wages of its employees. TRUSTS"
ALWAYS work that way.